BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (PSA-RSSO-CAR) recently implemented a new policy in the releasing of Civil Registry Documents to its customers particularly Certificate of Death (COD), Certificate of Marriage (COM), Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR) and Advisory on Marriages (AOM) as contained in the Civil Registrar General’s Memorandum numbered 2017-050 in compliance with Republic Act No. 10173 also known as “Data Privacy Act of 2012”.
Effective May 17, 2017, copies of a COM, CENOMAR or AOM can only be issued to the document owner or through a duly authorized representative, the document owner’s spouse, parent, direct descendants, guardian or institution legally in-charge of him/her, if minor. In case of the document owner’s death, such documents including the COD, can be issued to the nearest of kin.
Whenever absolutely necessary, these documents can be issued to the court or proper public official in administrative, judicial or other official proceedings to determine the identity of a person.
In case the document owner sends a duly authorized representative to claim his/her document, the latter shall submit to PSA a duly signed authorization letter or Special Power of Attorney issued by the former. If the document owner is a minor, it shall be the guardian or institution legally in-charge of him/her who will issue the authorization.
In case of the document owner’s death, the nearest of kin shall issue the authorization. In any case, the valid identification cards of the person who issued the authorization and the authorized person are required including photocopies of it. The authorization may be sent personally to the authorized person or through electronic means. In the latter case, the document owner may send it through the email addresses of PSA-RSSO-CAR at psa.crs.baguio.city@gmail.com, crasd_psa_car@yahoo.com.ph, or at psacordillera@yahoo.com.ph.
PSA-RSSO-CAR had been implementing these procedures in the issuance of a copy of a Certificate of Live Birth pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 603, Article 7 – Non-disclosure of Birth Records.
By Jezl R. Boado
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